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Newspaper
The Evening Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1872
Page
4
A fragmentary notice describes agents on railroad lines receiving the DAILY at one cent per copy with deliveries at locations including Vine Street. Mentions Twitchell Optician and a weather report. Unclear date and full details due to damaged text.
Brief notices describe the Exposition Hall nearing completion and a test of premium lists as exhibitors prepare for the exhibition. Other items include a 15 year old arrestee linked to a shooting, sewer contracts awarded on Wade street, and a man found wielding a club in a Kemper Lane cellar.
Covington Cleveland Ohio area groups Grand Picnic planned by Ahesoa Lodge No 1 Covington and Ohio No 2 Cincinnati Ancient Order of Workmen for Monday next. Officials promise a fine affair with songs dances and a grand display. Attendees expect a memorable day with best waltzers awarded and generous amusements.
The University of Cincinnati Board of Design met at Burt's Bank rooms to review an added fifth story for the College on Walnut street. Projections include rooms for antique class, life classes, architectural drawing, and a large unappropriated space with elevator. total cost around $12,000 plus elevator estimates. The board adjourned without final action. The Cathedral School exhibit at Mozart Hall featured a crowd and a rendition of Robert Emmet with performers Frank Wimsey Darby O'Gatt J. D. Boyle O'Leary and others.
This edition of a venerable local directory promises the most complete compilation of names and places for Covington, Newport, and surrounding areas. It highlights new unpublished entries, aims to aid business houses, and urges every resident to keep posted on local persons and places.
A contract required five hundred barrels of city mess pork but brandy country pork was offered. Buyers refused, sellers filled with city mess pork. The Chamber of Commerce ruled that no pork can be called city mess unless cut and packed in this site.
River news reports the levee's water still at eleven feet in the channel near Pittsburg while arrivals include Telegraph Pomeroy Wildwood Chile United States and Gen Buell. Departures list Wildwood Higginsport Bos ey Portsmouth Pomeroy and others. Miscellaneous notes cover harbor plans for dykes below the arsenal, a towboat altercation leading to a $100 fine, a raft explosion near Dubuque attributed to boiler carelessness, and a ship inspection fee dispute prompting Treasury action. The Edinburgh was offered for sale at 3250.
Butler county Republicans meet in mass convention at Hamilton Courthouse on Saturday July 80 1972 at 11 AM to nominate a county ticket and choose 26 delegates for the Congressional Convention at Loveland on July 2. Citizens discuss Holly Waterworks and canal basin cuts while Democrats propose Judge Alex F Hume and Job E Owens as nominees. Mandel Shuler begins First Ward engine house work as Bill Harper moves to Rump Hancock livery site. treasury report from Board of Education begins with results.
County Treasurer reports a balance of 461.94 dollars and proper books. No action in the Florence Sewing Machine Company embezzlement case. Hamilton High School graduates announced with honors and a full schedule of exercises. Court reports include land association case, cattle damages, embezzlement trial progress, and a $1000 forged-note defense ruling.
Amusements section notes another large crowd enjoying Manning's Minstrels praised as unsurpassed. A matinee is announced for tomorrow with a complementary benefit for A. W. Church, described as the gaia event of the season. Church departs soon and his effort to please citizens is praised as he plans a bill of unusual excellence.
A group from Lexington visiting St Louis during Bangorfest were arrested on a concealed weapons charge by pretend police and jailed briefly for $25 bail each. They were released without charges, losing their pistols and cash. A Grant and Wilson nomination meeting is planned in Convington next Tuesday with notable attendees expected.
A report details straw polling and school board funding sparking debate over expenses. A Franklin Library stockholder pushes for transparent use of sale proceeds while a petty thief faces workhouse, as market notices list price shifts in cheese, lard, vegetables, and onions with limited demand and steady or firm trends.
The Newport City Council met with full board. Covington Gas Co. notified a price cut to 2.50 per 1000 cubic feet for private consumers starting August 1, while city purchases remain unchanged and a federal tax halting after August is noted. The bond for Orchard street improvements was approved and a railroad depot ordinance accepted for fire. A Dayton boy drowned in the Ohio River. Dayton Board of Education appointed Livingston as Principal and Legge and Trieste as assistants. Charly Kon to give free concert at Eagle Garden with Prof Speill and 22 performers.
New York June 31 10 30 AM quotations show governments steady and rather better. Storage exchange steady at 9 and gold carrying a 2 percent. Bo
Daily market report notes a dull Bran and Shipstuff market with scarce supplies and nominal prices. Eggs, lemons, apples, flour, lard, and petroleum show limited activity as demand remains weak, receipts exceed need, and prices drift lower or hold with little movement.
White, linen, silk, seersucker, popsin, traveling suits and linen dusters offered. The firm asserts a larger, cheaper, and more stylish stock than any rival and promises new and approved styles. Low grade fabrics from 2.50 to 15, with order tailoring by Miss Osborn, Mrs Fithian, and Miss Card in charge of indoor walking and traveling costumes.
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